John 10:29
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
John 10:29 in other translations
| BSB | My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. |
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| WEB | My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. |
| ASV | My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. |
| YLT | my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father; |
| DARBY | My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father. |
| BBE | That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. |
| Webster | My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. |
What does John 10:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:27-30
27-30. My sheep hear my voice, &c.--(See on Joh 10:8).
Barnes' Notes
Is greater. Is more powerful.
Than all. Than all others--men, angels, devils. The word includes everything--everything that could attempt to pluck them away from God; in other words, it means that God is supreme. It implies, farther, that God will keep them, and will so control all other beings and things that they shall be safe.
None is able. None has power to do it. In these two verses we are taught the following important truths:
1st. That Christians are given by God the Father to Christ.
2nd. That Jesus gives to them eternal life, or procures by his death and intercession, and imparts to them by his Spirit, that religion which shall result in eternal life.
3rd. That both the Father and the Son are pledged to keep them so that they shall never fall away and perish. It would be impossible for any language to teach more explicitly that the saints will persevere.
4th. That there is no power in man or devils to defeat the purpose of the Redeemer to save his people. We also see our safety, if we truly, humbly, cordially, and daily commit ourselves to God the Saviour. In no other way can we have evidence that we are his people than by such a persevering resignation of ourselves to him, to obey his law, and to follow him through evil report or good report. If we do that we are safe. If we do not that we have no evidence of piety, and are not, cannot be safe.
(d) "gave them me" Jn 17:2
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:22-30
All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the…
John 10:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 10:29
- John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
- John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- John 17:9
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
- John 14:28
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
- John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
- Malachi 1:14
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
- John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
- Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
- Psalms 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Daniel 4:3
How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
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Context
- John 10:28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- John 10:29
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
- John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
John 10:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mi Padre que me las dió, mayor que todos es: y nadie las puede arrebatar de la mano de mi Padre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon Père, qui me les a données, est plus grand que tous, et personne ne peut les ravir de la main de mon Père. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mein Vater, der sie mir gegeben hat, ist größer als alles, und niemand kann sie aus der Hand meines Vaters rauben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Pater meus quod dedit mihi, majus omnibus est: et nemo potest rapere de manu Patris mei. |